ASHINGTON, April 21 — After weeks of highly publicized warnings that anti-immigration outsiders were trying to take over the venerable Sierra Club, the club's members on Wednesday overwhelmingly supported all five candidates put forward by the group's formal nominating committee.

The three candidates whose participation became the focal point of the controversy were former Gov. Richard Lamm of Colorado, a prominent critic of immigration policies; David Pimentel, a noted Cornell University entomologist; and Frank Morris, the former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. But the three finished at least 95,000 votes behind the winners, placing 11th, 12th and 15th in the race that had a total of 17 candidates for the five three-year terms.

Just more proof that Morris Dees and the SPLC are continually sticking their noses where they don't belong, so as to stop the efforts of American citizens who are trying to protect their nation, land and environment from the various types of damage caused by illegal immigrants from Mexico. Rather than be realistic and honest they go and represent illegal immigrants who are filling suit against orginazations like ranch rescue.
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PHOENIX - Law enforcement officials in the Phoenix area are using new tactics to cut off illegal immigration: They are going after used-car salespeople who sell vehicles to smugglers and arresting operators of safe houses where immigrants stay after crossing the border.

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For years, many smugglers stole cars to carry migrants from the border to the Phoenix area. But recently, used-car salespeople began selling cars to smugglers with fake liens and names on the titles, so if the car was seized near the border, it reverted to the dealer.

The dealers then resell the car back to the smugglers, a practice that has allowed many to increase their revenue fivefold, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said. Police said they were tipped off to the scheme by a tow-truck operator.

Nearly two dozen used-car lot workers in the Phoenix area were recently indicted on charges of forgery and money laundering. Police also seized 11 car lots and 400 vehicles.

PHOTO_Suspected undocumented immigrants are detained inside the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. A conservation group said human pressures on the refuge made it one of the 10 most endangered in the country.
TUCSON, Ariz. - A sweeping wildlife preserve in southwestern Arizona is among the nation’s 10 most endangered refuges, due in large part to illegal drug and immigrant traffic and Border Patrol operations, a conservation group said Friday.

The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, home to the endangered Sonoran pronghorn, has been damaged by excessive human presence, according to a report by Defenders of Wildlife. The report calls for construction of a vehicle barrier on the southern edge of the refuge along the Mexican border.

“We’re trying to highlight the fact how special this place is, but it’s also at a crossroads,” said Noah Matson, a Defenders of Wildlife director in Washington who wrote “Refuges at Risk: America’s Ten Most Endangered National Wildlife Refuges 2004.”

One other interesting issue brought up in this second article is how oil and gas wells are also threatening a number of other wildlife areas:

[QUOTE]Common threats on top 10 list
The 10 wildlife preserves cited Friday face some common threats, including nearby development, pollution and invasive species, according to the report. Escalating industrial and corporate development close to and even inside refuges is the most pervasive threat, now that about three dozen refuges have more than 1,800 active oil and gas wells, the report said.[/QUOTE]

I doubt President Bush cares.

Edel

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